He said he had seen her sick before. He was hoping that she would be able to pull through. She's pulled through plenty of times before. She must have been extremely sick. |
He's dangerous. You've got to expand the zone, and I didn't do that. It was extremely frustrating at-bat for me, looking back on the game. When that happened, I threw him a fastball in, and he pulled it foul. I went right back in there, and it was in, and he's a good hitter. He hit it out. That was frustrating. |
He's got major decisions to make. I would never try to ask him or persuade him to do anything that he doesn't want to do. |
He's gotten through rough times before, ... It hasn't all been gravy, you know. I've seen him blow saves before and bounce back. So I think he'll be aggressive. He's never folded up in the face of competition before. Somebody with that stuff, there's no reason to be scared. |
He's unbelievable. His arm and his body is so strong, if anything ever aggravates him, it's his leg. He could probably pitch for another 10 years, as far as his arm goes. |
His slider wasn't biting like it usually does tonight. If you get the lead again and get to the ninth inning with him again, I'll feel pretty good about it. I can promise you that. |
I actually gave him a cookie to hit the last one. I think he got a little anxious. |
I call myself a Christian, |
I called in and told them I could pitch if they needed me, ... So I ended up going back up there in the 16th inning and just started to get on my uniform to give them an option. |
I can't make that mistake. I threw a changeup and left it up. I pride myself on trying not to make mistakes like that, and I've done a good job of it for the most part. I was upset with the pitch. |
I can't sit here and honestly say I know (if he'll play next year) for sure. It's been two long, hard years here. |
I couldn't have thrown him three worse pitches. All three were just terrible. He must have thought I was Santa Claus after throwing those pitches. It was just sickening, especially the homer. |
I didn't expect that, |
I didn't feel like I had great stuff tonight as far as velocity and stuff like that. I just went with what I had and tried to keep it down and stay away from their power. |
I don't even want to get into thinking about that. I think we're a playoff team. |